{"id":5722,"date":"2026-06-03T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:52:16","slug":"ham-and-bean-soup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/ham-and-bean-soup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ham and Bean Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ham and Bean Soup<\/h1>\n<p>A warm, hearty soup made with tender beans, savory ham, and flavorful seasonings. Perfect for a cozy family meal and even better the next day!<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb dried navy beans or Great Northern beans<\/li>\n<li>8 cups water or chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>1 ham bone or 2 cups diced cooked ham<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>2 carrots, diced<\/li>\n<li>2 celery stalks, diced<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon dried thyme<\/li>\n<li>Salt and black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Rinse the beans and remove any damaged beans or debris. Soak them overnight in water, then drain and rinse.<\/li>\n<li>In a large pot or Dutch oven, combine the beans, water or broth, ham bone (or diced ham), onion, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and thyme.<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 1\u00bd\u20132 hours, or until the beans are tender.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the ham bone. If using a ham bone, shred any meat from the bone and return it to the soup.<\/li>\n<li>Season with salt and black pepper to taste.<\/li>\n<li>For a thicker soup, mash some of the beans with a spoon and stir them back into the pot.<\/li>\n<li>Serve hot with crusty bread or crackers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy this comforting, protein-packed soup that&#8217;s full of classic homemade flavor!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ham and Bean Soup A warm, hearty soup made with tender beans, savory ham, and flavorful seasonings. Perfect for a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5724,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5722\/revisions\/5724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}